CHAPMANVILLE - The Chapmanville Tigers are trying to do something that they have never done before.

Host a home football playoff game.

In Chapmanville.

The Chapmanville Regional High School football team currently stands at 8-0 and are ranked No. 3 in the state in this week's Class AA Computer Ratings.

Although Chapmanville is off this Friday night Tiger Nation couldn't be any more excited than it is heading into the last two weeks of the season.

The Tigers are scheduled to close out the regular season Oct. 31 at home against No. 4-ranked Wayne and Nov. 7 at No. 11-rated Point Pleasant.

These last two games are huge.

Very huge.

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that out.

The implications are clear.

Chapmanville, which has already clinched a playoff spot for the second straight season, can secure homefield advantage throughout the post-season with two wins.

If the Tigers do that, they would most likely be No. 1 or No. 2 in the final prep ratings and would finish with their first unbeaten season since Ronald Reagan was president.

Chapmanville's back-to-back undefeated teams of 1985 and 1986 are legendary in Tiger football history.

But the '85 and '86 teams were not able to host a first-round playoff game in the Town of Chapmanville since the old Chapmanville High School football stadium was not sanctioned for a post-season event by the WVSSAC.

That forced the Tigers to play a first-round post-season game in 1985 at Logan and the next year at Charleston's Laidley Field - both of which resulted in losses by Chapmanville.

Two wins, or, at least a split in the final two contests, would likely give Chapmanville home field advantage. Even an 8-2 mark could be good enough to finish in the top eight and get CRHS at least a first-round home playoff game. And since, Chapmanville's Tiger Stadium is approved by the WVSSAC as a playoff site, the Tigers would be playing Nov. 14 and possibly the next week or two at its home field.

A possible unbeaten season?

Home field playoff game?

Big games against Wayne and Point Pleasant?

The stakes couldn't be any higher for the Tigers these days.

The excitement continues to brew in Tiger Town.

"We're just ticked to death to be where we are," said Chapmanville coach George Barker, who has led the Tigers to a 22-8 record dating back to the 2006 season. "Hopefully, we can make ourselves a little bit better for the Wayne game. We had a really good practice on Monday. Coach Josh Barker has done a good job in the weight room with them. We picked up some lifting this week. He does a great job with them and they respond well with him. I've never seen a group of kids work any harder."

Wayne comes into Friday's home game against Poca with a 6-1 record. The Pioneers beat county rival Tolsia, 21-19 last week at Glenhayes. Wayne was upset by Point Pleasant's Black Knights, 22-21, on Oct. 3 at Pioneer Field.

Wayne is last year's Class AA state runner-up.

The Pioneers beat Tolsia in the 2006 Class AA state championship game at Wheeling Island Stadium.

It remains to be seen if the off week will be good for the Tigers heading into the clash with the Pioneers on Halloween night at Chapmanville.

"It would be better to stay in a routine," Barker said. "But we're still going to practice and hopefully we can keep them healthy and get them ready to play Wayne. He think that this game is going to be big for us down here at Chapmanville."

The Pioneers opened the season with a 39-21 win at home against Chesapeake, Ohio.

Wayne then won 31-10 at James Monroe, took a 51-24 league win at home over Herbert Hoover, then won 39-27 at 3A Winfield before winning 51-14 at Sissonville on Sept. 26 in a conference contest.

Wayne closes out the season on Nov. 7 at home against former Cardinal Conference team Logan.

Since Wayne and Point Pleasant are Cardinal Conference foes, Chapmanville also has a chance at wrapping up the league title.

The Tigers and Black Knights are currently tied for first place in the league.

Wayne, with the loss to Point Pleasant, sits one game back.

The historical importance of Chapmanville's last two games is not lost on Barker.

"It has the makings of some marquee matchups with two high-ranked Double-A teams," he said. "But we're in a situation where Wayne is coming to town to play football. It's going to have some playoff implications which ever way that it goes. We haven't had that happen here in a long, long time."

Chapmanville is coming off last week's easy 45-8 win at winless Tug Valley.

Wayne has beaten the Tigers several years in a row.

The last time the Pioneers played at Chapmanville in 2006, Wayne won the "Mud Bowl" game against the Tigers by a 26-0 score. Heavy rains during the week and prior to game time made the Tiger Stadium playing surface a mud bog and almost in an unplayable condition.

This fall has been dry, however, and little mud has been evident on the field or along the sideline.

Chapmanville's coaching staff is hoping for good weather next week for the game.

The Tigers lost 41-17 at Wayne in last year's meeting.